Title VI National Resource Center Request for Proposals 2022-2026
Deadline: Friday, December 17th, 2021 by 5:00PM
The Center for European Studies (CES) at the University of Florida invites UF faculty, departments and units to submit proposals in anticipation of a forthcoming broader institutional call for proposals in early 2022 from the US Department of Education Title VI National Resource Center (NRC) area studies program.
As part of our larger and integrated proposal, the Center is interested in funding initiatives from all fields of study that support research, teaching, and outreach activities that contribute to new ways of understanding Europe; the peoples, cultures, and languages that form Europe; the EU and the economic and scientific activities that take place there; and international affairs with a European dimension in time and space.
Click here to submit a proposal request
Eligible Activities
Applicants may propose activities for a single year during the grant cycle or annual/recurring activities that repeat or shift across four years. Applicants may also submit more than one proposal for a related or a separate project. The following list provides examples of activities supported and amounts awarded in past grant cycles:
- Research, particularly that informs curricular development and public outreach (including international/domestic travel, RA support, books etc.): up to $10,000
- Development of new academic programs – including minors, concentrations, certificates or their revision/enhancement to incorporate European/EU studies or perspectives (including education abroad or other experiential learning as well as integration of new technological approaches in the curriculum; RA/TA support or summer salary): up to $7,500
- Event programming (including lecture series, symposia and conferences): up to $5,000
- Outreach, broadly conceived (K-12 teachers and students; community colleges, policy-makers, civil society, media, business, general public): up to $10,000
- Economic development, including activities that develop public-private partnerships in academic research with the business sector: up to $10,000
- Contributions to international partnerships that might involve students and other faculty: up to $10,000
- Pedagogical Professional Development (including conferences and training attendance and travel): up to $2,000
- Ineligible costs: Food and alcohol; student travel; equipment.
Priorities
Applicants are strongly encouraged to propose activities that will help meet the invited priorities of the Title VI grant. While those priorities have not yet been formally specified by the sponsor, CES anticipates that the following current priorities will continue to be relevant proposals:
- Languages and cultures of Europe, with potential to prepare students for international careers in areas of national need, through pedagogical innovations with potential for lasting curricular impact. Of particular interest are those proposals which bring historically underrepresented populations and subject areas to the study of languages and cultures of Europe.
- EU and transatlantic (international) policy issues including but not limited to: trade, entrepreneurship, energy, radicalism, immigration, citizenship, culture, identity, environment, education, health, social inclusion, and media
- Foreign language training and instruction across disciplines; practical implementation of language expertise (translation and interpretation); innovative approaches to foreign language pedagogy development; language teacher training and assessment, especially for less commonly taught languages; bringing underrepresented populations to the study of Europe, European languages, and international/global affairs
- Collaborations with Colleges of Education, especially incorporating European/EU studies into teacher training programs and curriculum (both for pre-service or in-service teachers)
- Engagement with professional schools, community colleges, or minority serving institutions
- Diversity and inclusion of populations historically underrepresented in higher education and careers with international dimensions
- Educational diplomacy; strategic partnerships with European countries; multidisciplinary projects that lead to or strengthen existing broad-based institutional partnerships with European and North American universities or other organizations (corporations, non-profit etc.)
- Outreach to K-12 teachers and students, civil society, business, media, policymakers, and general public
For further guidance, questions, or exploratory conversations please contact Amie Kreppel, Director, CES or Lisa Booth, Executive Director, CES.